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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Quantem Aviation Services LLC

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Quantem Aviation Services LLC, 9597 Benford Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32872 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

An employee was unloading cargo containers off an airplane when an airline shipping container began to roll off the platform. As he attempted to stop it, the container struck his right arm and pinned it against another container. His right arm broke, requiring hospitalization.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

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An employee was loading and unloading suitcases when they got ill and experienced cramping due to heat stress.

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An employee was walking down stairs when they lost their balance and jumped three feet to the ground. The employee sustained two ankle fractures.

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An employee was connecting a transportation dolly to three other dollies to make a train of four dollies. The tongue of a dolly went under another dolly. The employee's fingers remained on the handle and the dolly continued forward. The employee's middle finger was caught between the handle and the connecting pin guard resulting in amputation above the first knuckle.

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An employee was on the tarmac on a deck loader when they began to feel faint, dizzy, and incoherent, resulting in hospitalization for a heat-related illness.

Quantem Aviation Services, LLC

An employee was moving a transferring container out from an air loader to a dolly to roll the container into a warehouse. She started to lift the lock on the dolly and was trying to secure the container to the dolly when her right hand was crushed between the dolly and the container. Her ring and middle fingers were crushed, requiring surgery.

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An employee had just arrived to work and was driving a tug to the gatehouse. The tug ran over chocks while exiting the inbound area, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

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An employee was unloading shipping containers from an aircraft when they suffered heat exhaustion and were hospitalized.

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An employee was manually pulling a container from the aft cargo hold of a wide-body jetliner. Their right little finger got pinned between the container and the edge of the cargo door. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

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An employee was offloading an airplane flight. After driving a transporter car to place a pallet on a static rack, he got off the transporter to apply the lock and secure the pallet on the rack. The pallet began to roll off the rack and pinned the employee against the transporter. He suffered a broken right leg.

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An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

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An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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